by Ciprian Stoleru | May 9, 2020 | Romania, World War I in 1918
In the Romanian military campaign of the Central Powers in 1916, German forces used a technique that later, in the Second World War, would be known as Blitzkrieg. Today, the Blitzkrieg is normally associated with the Second World War, mainly with the first campaigns... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Jun 27, 2019 | Hungary, World War I in 1918
The convinced pacifist, Count Mihály Károlyi, was one of the few Hungarians who opposed the First World War as a member of the Parliament in Budapest. Marginalized in his own country, even by the party which he led, considered a “traitor” by many compatriots, Károlyi,... by Iulian Simbeteanu | Apr 18, 2019 | Romania
The outbreak of the Great War in the summer of 1914 found Romania with a predominantly agrarian economy. On the eve of the First World War, indigenous industrial production only met about one third of the goods needed for the domestic market. Industrial... by Ciprian Stoleru | Apr 4, 2019 | Romania, World War I in 1918
The Battle of Mărășești began on August 6, 1917, with the attack by the German First Corps, led by von Morgen, of the Ninth Army. The German assault was focused on a section of the front only ten kilometres wide, between the Siret River and the Focșani-Mărăşti...